Meeker

DOMESTIC CASE: Deferred sentence granted

MEEKER I Paul Martin pleaded guilty to third-degree assault of domestic violence against his wife and was given a two-year deferred sentence Monday.
“You understand, you are telling the court you are guilty of the offense?” Judge Laurie Nobel of Rangely asked. “Is this what you want to do?”
“Yes, ma’am,” Martin said during the municipal court hearing.
Martin’s attorney Joe Fennessy said the deferred sentence “means unsupervised probation … in layman’s terms. If you…